Posting Title: Executive Sous Chef, Operations Req ID: 6758
State/Territory: US - California (CA) # of openings: 1 City: Los Angeles
Description Executive Sous Chef LAX International Airport Discover the
Difference You Can Make at Gate Gourmet Gate Gourmet, a gategroup
company, is the worlds largest independent provider of catering and
provisioning services for the airline industry. For the past 70 years,
we have served over 250 carriers in more than 30 countries. Gate Gourmet
combines culinary expertise with the highest standards of food safety
and production to deliver delicious, healthy, and affordable meals to
over 270 million travelers around the globe. We are currently looking
for a dedicated Executive Sous Chef, Operations for our flight kitchen
located at the LAX airport in Los Angeles, CA. reporting to the
Executive Chef The Executive Sous Chef supports the Executive Chef in
the responsibility for the daily monitoring of the preparation of the
pre-designed meals for multi-customer accounts with culinary expertise
through the management of all Chefs, Cooks and production employees in
all food production areas of a unit. The Executive Sous Chef promotes
and insures quality food services to airline clients and product
management/waste in hub unit or facility of high complexity due to
volume and international customer mix. Reports to the Executive Chef and
acts as the lead chef in the absence of the Executive Chef. Main Duties
and Responsibilities: Functional 1. Acts in support of the Executive
Chef to drive menu and product quality in all production areas by 2. In
the absence of the Executive Chefs as the Culinary Lead for the unit 3.
Ensures Menu presentations are properly planned, set up, and
specifications reviewed to ensure compliance to recipes and portion
specifications as required by the customer. 4. Understands menu and
product specifications and insure menu employee training is completed.
5. Insures waste is minimizes through oversight of proper portion and
production management with all chefs throughout the production
areas.Using a Pull System, Insures accurate and timely inventories are
completed so requisitions are based on demand. 6. Achieves culinary
operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to
strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans;
implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service
standards; serving as culinary resource support to Executive Chef and
operations management. 7. Acts to identifying and resolving problems,
completes timely audits, and serves as a Change Agent 1. Assist as the
support lead for menu presentations works with the Executive Chef to
insure products, production, and costs are efficiently managed and all
variances are noted. 2. Responsible for coaching, counseling, and
preparing corrective action for employees 3. Maintains safe, secure, and
healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing
standards and procedures; complying with sanitation and federal, state,
and local legal regulations; overseeing food preparation, safety, and
security; reviewing and implementing accident and disaster plans. 4.
Ensures quality production standards are followed and maintained.
Ensures employees adhere to HACCP, FDA and safety regulations and
compliance with company policies and procedures. 5. Ensures meal cycles
are communicated in a timely and accurate basis. Monitor yields of
products to ensure maximum usage. 6. Works with management staff to
improve performance of the unit Training & Development 1. Maintains
professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops;
reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks;
benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; being sought for opinions as a
culinary expert; contributing to professional publications;
participating in professional societies and sharing this information
with direct reports. 2. Must ensure all cooks, and Sous Chef employees
have the skills and abilities to perform all cooking and food
preparation requirements of all the Airline Accounts serviced in the
Unit Trains and monitors employees on proper work procedures and
production of products to ensure maximum productivity with minimum labor
and food expenses. 3. Assists in the development and training of cooks
as required 4. Responsible for culinary employee onboarding and
retention Products 1. Maintains culinary equipment by following
operating instructions; instructing staff in equipment use;
troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining equipment supplies; insuring
preventive maintenance and repairs; evaluating the unit cooking
equipment against the current needs and future expectations. Processes
- Initiates and supports NPT and timesaving production techniques,
training others in specialty techniques 2. Improves menu quality and
consistency by analyzing food production records and menu expenses;
promoting kitchen staff interest in quality improvement; studying,
evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes. Prepares
menu and food preparation reports by collecting, analyzing, and
summarizing food, dining, and customer data and trends. Qualifications
Education: * Associate Degree or Bachelor Degree in the Culinary Arts or
a related field, (formal culinary education) required. * Certification
as CCC from ACF, ProChef II or equivalent Work Experience: * Minimum
7-10 years in progressive Chef growth positions is required * Minimum of
1-3 years supervisory experience working in a high volume,
manufacturing, food production, and restaurant or catering environment
required. * In-flight catering experience or experience in a high-volume
food service environment required. Technical Skills: (Certification,
Licenses and Registration) * Ability to cook meals according to detailed
specifications. * Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven
environment. * Must have strong and effective leadership skills, and the
ability to successfully manage a staff of 2 to 3 Sous Chefs and over
production employess * Current or previous labor relations experience is
a plus, but not required. * Candidate must be comfortable with all
levels of employees and have the ability to drive positive program
change. * Ability to train others required. * Must have the ability to
give negative and positive feedback to employees on a daily basis. *
Excellent time management skills required. Ability to handle multiple
tasks without losing focus on priorities. * Strong organizational,
analytical, communication and leadership skills required. * Must be
innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as
needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance. *
Basic computer skills required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
products preferred * ServSafe Certified preferred. * Ability to obtain
ServSafe Certification required Language / Communication Skills: * Must
have excellent written and oral communication skills. * Multi-lingual a
plus. Job Dimensions Geographic Responsibility: USA Type of Employment:
Full-Time Travel %: Yes Up to 10% Exemption Classification: Exempt
Internal Relationships: all production areas External Relationships:
airline customers Work Environment / Requirements of the Job: *
Regularly, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during shifts
of 10+ hours. * In a normal production kitchen facility there may be
physical discomfort due to temperature and noise. * Must be able to
lift, push, pull and move product, equipment, supplies, etc., in excess
of twenty-five (25) pounds. * A rotating schedule of over 55 hours per
week is typical. Gate Group Competencies Required to be Successful in
the Job: * Thinking Information Search and analysis & problem resolution
skills * Engaging Understanding others, Team Leadership and Developing
People * Inspiring Influencing and building relationships, Motivating
and Inspiring, Communicating effectively * Achieving Delivering business
results under pressure, Championing Performance Improvement and Customer
Focus Demonstrated Values to be Successful in the Position Employees at
gategroup are expected to live our Values of Excellence, Integrity,
Passion and Accountability. To demonstrate these Values, we expect to
observe the following from everyone: * We treat each other with respect
and we act with integrity * We communicate and keep each other informed
- We put our heads together to problem solve and deliver excellence as a
team * We have passion for our work and we pay attention to the little
details * We foster an environment of accountability , take
responsibility for our actions and learn from our mistakes * We do what
we say we will do, when we say we are going to do it * We care about our
coworkers, always taking an opportunity to make someones day better The
above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level
of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position.
They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties,
responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to
modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.
In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
Candidates will be required to go through Pre-employment drug screen,
criminal background check, and/or airport fingerprinting. Gategroup is
an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will
not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status,
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